scooblet

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I was born in 1983 and love 80's. Listen to Absolute 80's all day at work. Spot on

Simes777

Late 70's into the early 80's for me - all the punk and new wave stuff - Thanks to the late great John Peel.

There is still some good music out there from bands that don't get exposure because of all the manufactured rubbish due to the likes of X-Factor and The Voice karaoke singers - you just have to go and look for it in local pubs, etc.

RA Dunk

I resent that , Eurythmics was one of the best bands during the 80's!

yabbadoo4

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80,s had some good stuff and some bad. here,s a good one.....

RA Dunk

^^Like^^

lozgti1

PIL ....Rise......wow

yabbadoo4

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another : plenty good stuff in the 80,s !

hodgy0_2

I have posted the song before - good stuff

All music is derivative, all decades have good and sh1te music

The 70's was awesome btw - don't let people tel you otherwise

yabbadoo4

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i love stuff from them all...well maybe not the fifties so much lol. having a few beers and getting all nostalgic now. heheh. another good one...

richie001

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hodgy0_2

A history lesson for all those people who think Micheal Jackson invented the moonwalk


When this was shown on a Thursday night in 1982 - my god the next day, at school it was mayhem

The legendary Jodi Watley and Jeffrey Daniel

shytorque

Ahhh,
may give that a listen tonight as I work away....
Sick of Smooth radio ......
Should make a nice change...

Fabioso

I think for a lot of people the music scene around their teenage years tends to be a pretty powerful memory. I lived my teenage years through the 80s and I love a lot of bands of that time but equally I still liked certain music prior to that and all the way up to the latest songs being played on the radio today.

To me a good song/band/artist is good no matter what year/era/genre it came from

Turbohot

People do know via TV documentaries that MJ didn't invent the moonwalk, but MJ embraced it, fetched one quality recognition for it, and made it much more watchable! MJ was so thunderously unique that no one like him will ever be born again.

That was of late 80's I think:


No one can dance like MJ. He was the coolest ever!

f1_fan

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I remember that like it was yesterday and you are so right about school the next day.... great memories

daveyj

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Born in the 80s so naturally 80s and mid 90s stuff has stuck with me in the hair on arms standing up to certain tracks. That said I'm discovering loads of stuff on BBC4. Even sodding Rod Stewart stuff that I'd never heard. Was always Mum music that but you just catch stuff as you grow up and lose that need to give a toss if people think you are cool or not.

Another shout for Depeche Mode. Enjoy the Silence is one of those quintessential 80s tracks. Got remixed on a bunch of Euphoric Breakdown compilations but you can't touch the original.

I think the thing I like most about music is the fact it brings people together. Despite any BS band rivalries created by the media/PR teams to sell records, most folk I know who liked Parklife also like Definitely Maybe in equal measure. It's perhaps easier to appreciate as it's a bit more real than say Film.

hodgy0_2

And the same with Culture Club's first appearance on totp


Remember the "WTF was that" - the next day


Somehow life was simpler, but more exciting !!!

f1_fan

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LOL about Boy George.... my Dad nearly had a seizure :lo1l:

Yes they were exciting times for sure, the music scene was so 'alive'. I remember clubbing in London at the end of the New Romantic era and the clubs had this 'electric' atmosphere, it was like you were part of something big, but you didn't quite know what.

The only time that has ever surpassed those nights for me was the Hacienda in the early 90s.... then you knew what you were part of and it was the most amazing experience..... God I wish I could do it all over again!

shytorque

Well the sounds certainly sped me through the work tonight.
Just signing off to the tune of "Reward" by the Teardrop Explodes......
Fantastic........
Night All......

lozgti1

bloody GREAT song :-)

RA Dunk

I've still got this on my 80's playlist on the iphone, absolute class tune!

f1_fan

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Brilliant stuff, they were a highly underrated band IMO!

ditchmyster

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I remember me and my homeboys laughing at that because he was quite crap compared to some of the street dancing vids we had from the states.

Body popping was about 5/6yrs old by the time it went main stream, I'd been roller skating for around 4yrs by the time that vid came out and we were already going everywhere with a piece of rolled up lyno break dancing and body poping with a gheto blaster in tow.

Never have much luck looking for some of the old vids on Utube that we had on VHS and would literally watch them until the tape wore out, they were some pretty amazing guys and times back then.

lozgti1

Used to play Blue Monday over and over and over again lol

Christ we had real records then! As in put them on the record player...and picture discs!

lozgti1

Lol brilliant.Ghetto blaster was a must and some cardboard to dance on....

Turbohot

Hey, it would have been great if you had made your own film with your ghetto blaster lino dancing, then. We would have loved to see it here with you doing your headstands and body popping with your breakdance.

Turbohot

Hey, Ditch. I've found your even younger childhood video, which shows how much you liked breakdance, man! You are really giving it loads, aren't you?


The only bad thing you did was take a toke of your dad's cigarette.

Steve vRS

This will make you search on Youtube then, 'Temple of Love, touched by the hand of Ofra Haza'.

Strictly speaking a 1991 record but one of my all time favorite songs ever.

Steve